Naseer Khan, the blind actor and co-producer of Shadow, was arrested for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore chit fund scam in Balasore district.
Despite falling level in rivers, including Mahanadi, surging waters from over 100 breaches continued to submerge fresh areas in coastal Orissa where seven naval teams intensified relief work today to reach about 40 lakh people hit by floods which claimed at least 37 lives.
Flood waters engulfed vast areas of the delta region of Mahanadi river system in Odisha even as the death toll due to heavy rains and floods in the state climbed to 34.
Two days after receiving a complaint of sexual harassment from a woman employee of Orissa Assembly, the police on Saturday registered a case against Speaker Maheswar Mohanty, charging him with intending to outrage her modesty. Earlier on March 27, the lady marshal had filed an FIR with the police alleging sexual harassment by the Speaker. The police, however, took two days to register a case as it could not contact the victim or any other person from her family.
Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who could only bowl four overs in the third ODI against Sri Lanka, is suffering from back stiffness, informed his pace colleague Umesh Yadav.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against England in the fifth One-Day International at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Wednesday. India brought in left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan in place of Munaf Patel and Rohit Sharma replaced the in-form Gautam Gambhir.
Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who could only bowl four overs in the third ODI against Sri Lanka, is suffering from back stiffness, informed his pace colleague Umesh Yadav.
Cheteshwar Pujara starred with an unbeaten 53 as eight-time champion West Zone thrashed minnows Zimbabwe President's XI by six wickets to comfortably sail into the final of the Zonal One-Dayers for Deodhar Trophy in Cuttack on Monday.
Cheteshwar Pujara waged a lone battle with a fighting 65 even as his team India Green crashed out of the Challenger Series for NKP Salve Trophy after a 19-run defeat to Blue in Cuttack on Saturday night. In Sunday's summit showdown, Blue will take on Red, unless the weather plays spoilsport.
Rohit Sharma's unconquered century powered India Red to a five-wicket win over India Green in the second match of the NKP Salve trophy Challenger series at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Friday night.
Putting all speculation at rest, Cricket Association of Bengal president Jagmohan Dalmiya said Eden Gardens will host all seven home matches of Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League this season. Dalmiya said he had been informed of the decision by KKR co-promoter Jay Mehta on Friday.
IMAGES from the 1st T20I played between India and Sri Lanka on Wednesday
The No. 1 ranking in One-Day Internationals will be on the line when world champions India take on Australia in the limited over series starting with a one-off Twenty20 match in Rajkot, on Thursday.
India's batting came a cropper in the Hamilton game as they were dismissed for their seventh lowest total of 92.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said all families in Puri and in those parts of Khurda, which had been 'extremely severely affected' in the storm, will get 50 kg of rice, Rs 2,000 in cash and polythene sheets, if covered under the Food Security Act (FSA).
India batting stalwart Sachin Tendulkar said images of the militant attacks in Mumbai last week has "left him numb and saddened." India beat England in the day-night fifth one-dayer in Cuttack on Wednesday when Islamist militants went on a three-day rampage in Mumbai, killing 183 people.
"Virat has told the selectors that he needs some time to take a call on whether he will be playing the T20s or not. That's reason why they have not announced the T20 squad," a BCCI official, privy to selection matters, told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
Skipper Wasim Jaffer starred with a hundred as West Zone clinched their ninth Deodhar Trophy title, outplaying East Zone by 218 runs in the finals of the Zonal One-Dayers in Cuttack on Wednesday.
Ishank Jaggi slammed an unbeaten 110 and Dhiraj Goswami picked up a four-wicket haul to set up East Zone's comfortable 65-run win over 11 time champions North in a Group A one-day encounter in Deodhar Trophy tournament in Cuttack on Saturday.
India Blue beat India Red by eight wickets in the final. Chasing a modest 152 for victory, Blue attained the target in 25.4 overs.
Virat Kohli's men will play 11 one-day internationals, nine Twenty20 matches and three Tests against Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka between late September and December.
Human cries for help tore through the silence of the night, as the superfast Coromandel Express came to a screeching halt, after its bogies were derailed near Jajpur Road station in Orissa on Friday night. "It was very dark and I could hear the shouts of many for help. There was utter chaos," Anupam Nayak, who was traveling to Cuttack from Howrah in the Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express, said.
Hyderabad-based KVK Energy and Infrastructure has parted ways with its beleaguered joint venture partner, Maytas Infra, in setting up a 1,050-Mw thermal power plant in Orissa under the banner of KVK Nilachal Power Pvt Ltd.
The state government sounded a high alert in four coastal district of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Puri in view of the flood which has claimed nine lives so far. Evacuation operations has been launched on a big scale to shift the residents of low-lying areas to the safer places.
Concept Pharmaceuticals is looking for Area Managers and Field Sales Officers for its pharma division.
While man and a woman were reported killed when trees came crashing down on them in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a 13-year-old girl died in a similar incident in adjoining Howrah. No casualties have been reported from Odisha yet.
A round-up of the third day's play of the Ranji Trophy Super League matches on Sunday.
A round-up of the second day's play of the Ranji Trophy Super League matches on Saturday.
Orissa lost three wickets in last eight balls of the day to squander the initiative after bowling out Mumbai for a paltry 180 on Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match in Cuttack on Friday.
Having already sealed the T20I series against India, South Africa batsman David Miller said the visitors are aiming to continue their good showing and complete a clean sweep in the three-match T20 International series in Kolkata, on Thursday.
Virender Sehwag lit up the fifth one dayer with a scintillating 91 as India thumped England by six wickets to stretch their lead to 5-0 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Wednesday night.
A beleaguered England skipped training in Cuttack on Tuesday and held a brain-storming session ahead of the fifth one-dayer against India in a series they trail 4-0. England have already conceded the seven-game series but are desperate to avoid a whitewash and regain momentum before a two-Test series which follows the one-dayers.
The blaze was suspected to have been triggered by an electric short circuit in the dialysis ward which spread to the ICU.
Robin Uthappa scored a blazing 94 and all-rounder Irfan Pathan a quickfire 43 as India Blue posted 235 for 9 against India Red in the opening match of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy tournament at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack on Thursday.
Not satisfied with the judicial probe ordered by the Orissa government into the violence in Kandhamal, Christian leaders have demanded a CBI inquiry and immediate compensation to the next of kin of those killed and the injured.
High food prices have driven inflation to new highs, leading the Centre to clamp down on export of farm commodities.
The Central Information Commission has taken serious note of the government withholding information on the expenses incurred in the investigation of the Bofors pay off case.
Mohammad Kaif was retained as the skipper of Uttar Pradesh Ranji team for 2007-08.
East Zone displayed a superb team effort to beat defending champions Central by 18 runs and set up a summit clash with West in the Zonal One-Dayers of the Deodhar Trophy in Cuttack on Monday.
Rohit Sharma blazed his way to the joint fastest century in T20 Internationals, reaching the three-figure mark off just 35 balls in the second T20 International against Sri Lanka in Indore on Friday.
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